Commuity - What does it take?

[Scythe13]

I don't want to sound like a capitalist pig, even though that's what I am, but 1 person should be in control of the land. I don't think it's smart to provide everyone with land and let everyone have a say on what get's planted. It's ridiculous, if you think about it. The person who, I would want to have total control over the planting would be the farmers and plant experts. I wouldn't want a mechanic having a say in what gets planted, or have a general labourer idiot have an equal say in what get's planted. That's insane. What if you applied the same to medicine? Would everyone get a say on how surgery was performed, or on what medication treats what illness? Of course not. So when it comes to farming and food, why does everyone get a fair say then too? Would it not be better to leave it to the specialists? We leave mechanics to fix vehicles, doctors to treat patients, and everyone in the community for growing plants?!?!?! HU? That doesn't work at all.

Does a doctor or mechanic know what plants can grow on boggy soil? What about crop rotation? How about seasonal planting, plant nutrition, fertiliser, when to harvest, and the alike?

The same with allotments. You are basically saying, unless you know what you're doing, you're going to starve. So the community breaks down, people lie, cheat, steal, and kill, just to eat, and we're back to square one.

The forager will ignore their allotment, the labourer will use guess work, the doctor won't have time for it, and the mechanic will use it for oil disposal (joke). So now he labourer, doctor, and mechanic are all hungry and kick the crap out of everyone else with food.

This socialist system isn't working too well. A municipal body, to oversee the individual processes makes sense. Kind of Marxist I guess.

But the fact of the matter is, all people may 'be equal', but all people do not have equal subject knowledge or experience, and so should not get an equal say on everything.